happy new year. oil and gold in the green as the fiscal cliff talks continue. sandra smith has more on today's. sandra: let's start out by looking at a gold chart. we are up about seven dollars. however, i want to remind all the viewers out there that this would still be on pace for a 2 straight annual gain. it has gone up 12 years in a row. oil up $0.36 at 9116 a barrel. still well above $90. the oil market would signify that traders here, at least on the floor, police that there may be a deal by the end of the day. >> i kind of disagree with that. this. the crude oil market has to be taken on its own. i will not say that the fiscal cliff will dictate which direction prices will go. look at demand numbers for what we are using globally. they have been very positive. sandra: we will have to leave it there. give me your best guess at what happens at the end of the day. >> push as much of it as they can down the road. it is a shame that we do not have a functioning bond market. sandra: we will be talking to traders down here on the floor all day. we are approachi